bordered straw vs Elegant Water Shrew

Heliothis peltigera compared with Nectogale elegans

Key Differences

• bordered straw is Not Evaluated while Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	bordered straw	Elegant Water Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Noctuidae	Soricidae
Genus	Heliothis	Nectogale
Species	Heliothis peltigera	Nectogale elegans

Evolutionary Relationship

bordered straw and Elegant Water Shrew share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

bordered straw

NE — Not Evaluated

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	bordered straw	Elegant Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

bordered straw

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Yemen), and Europe (5 countries).

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

bordered straw

The Bordered straw (Heliothis peltigera) is a species in the genus Heliothis. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.